LYON COUNTY—The Emporia Police Department partnered with the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (KRGC) Monday during an investigation into illegal gambling devices inside an Emporia convenience store.

Police and Gaming Commission enforcement agents executed a search warrant at the BP, 2102 W. 6th Avenue in Emporia. They seized five illegal gaming machines along with an ATM and cash from the business, according to Police Captain Lisa Hayes.

The investigation began several weeks ago, after police received information about the gambling devices.

Kansas law, K.S.A. 21-6403(e)(1)(B) defines a “gambling device” as a machine that is “designed, manufactured or altered primarily for use in connection with gambling…(i) [w]hich when operated may deliver, as the result of chance, any money or property; or (ii) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any money or property….”

Click here for more information about Kansas gambling on the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission website.

Police made no arrests Monday as they continue their investigation, according to Hayes.